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Recent Examples of scenarist
The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
McCarthy merely affects sociological seriousness by collaborating with French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, the scenarist of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 social-justice movie A Prophet, a precursor to Hollywood’s blame-mass-incarceration trend.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2021
Much of the first hour is devoted to getting-the-band-back-together mechanics, which also lets the scenarists — Mr. Singer, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg — give the characters some new emotional scars.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 26 May 2016
Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
McCarthy merely affects sociological seriousness by collaborating with French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, the scenarist of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 social-justice movie A Prophet, a precursor to Hollywood’s blame-mass-incarceration trend.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2021
Much of the first hour is devoted to getting-the-band-back-together mechanics, which also lets the scenarists — Mr. Singer, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg — give the characters some new emotional scars.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 26 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scenarist
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Pamir Güroğlu, chief growth officer & partner at Vitpepper Studios, and Erim Şişman, film director, scriptwriter, and director of AI Studio at Vitpepper, took to the MIP Creative Hub to premiere the trailer to the international market.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Many people with ideas for films or music or stories may never have the resources to create them—the lyricist who wants to put music to words, the scriptwriter who craves to see their lines spoken on a screen.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Scriptnotes podcast co-host and Aladdin and Big Fish screenwriter John August will serve as co-chair of the 2026 negotiating committee alongside Survival of the Thickest creator and writer-producer Danielle Sanchez-Witzel.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Métivier, who is also the screenwriter, is a Canadian-Filipina from Montreal.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Famously, the British press conspired to draw the dramatist’s name through the mud, besmirching his literary legacy for generations to follow.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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To reflect the current moment — when discrimination against not only the LGBTQ community but also the non-binary and transgender communities — is on the rise, playwright Lee rewrote parts of his 2022 play earlier this year in San Francisco.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
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If a computer can knock off a script in a matter of minutes, what does the future look like for playwrights?—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jon Walker is a business writer with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2021
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Georgia Fowkes, a travel adviser for tour operator Altezza Travel, told Travel + Leisure bringing a pen can help avoid long lines at immigration and allows passengers to jot down notes like addresses and directions if your phone dies.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The multidose pen of Zepbound will be available for $299 per month at the lowest dose, with additional doses being priced up to $449 per month.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Scenarist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenarist. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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